Kick-Ass Sells Over 100,000 Copies
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Posted by Richard Boom on Apr 13, 2010
Tags: icon, john romita jr., kick-ass, mark millar, marvel comics
Mark Millar & John Romita Jr’s Kick-Ass is the comic book/ movie phenomenon everyone’s talking about and now the hardcover collection is about to surpass 100,000 copies in print, with nearly 40% of the copies sold to date sold through direct market retailers!
“My first inclination is to try to be clever and say that I have 100,000 relatives to thank.... but I won't,” said Kick-Ass artist and co-creator John Romita Jr. “I'm extremely proud of this all, and very excited about working on the next two chapters!”
Mark Millar, co-creator and writer of Kick-Ass added, “The idea that a twenty-five dollar book has hit 100,000 sales in a little over a month is just insane. Especially when this doesn't count all the international orders or the trade paperback we have coming up. That's roughly ten times what Johnny and I were expecting and we would like to thank the comic-book retailers in America for their support of this book. This was not cheap and they took a gamble on us and I promise that Johnny will buy each and every one of them a drink at every convention he ever hits from now on.”
With the feature film hitting theatres this Friday, no comic book fan can afford to miss the hardcover taking the world by storm—it’s time to Kick-Ass!
KICK-ASS PREMIERE HC (DEC090575)
KICK-ASS PREMIERE HC DM VARIANT (DEC090576)
Written by MARK MILLAR
Penciled by JOHN ROMITA JR.
Covers by JOHN ROMITA JR.
Mature …$24.99
ON SALE NOW!
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